民主党计划明年迅速出手，针对美国民众对生活成本的担忧，推动投票废除唐纳德·特朗普总统的关税、恢复已过期的“奥巴马医改”补贴，并扭转共和党在医疗和食品援助方面的削减政策，一位关键民主党议员表示。
Democrats plan to strike quickly next year on Americans’ affordability concerns with votes to roll back President Donald Trump’s tariffs, revive expired Obamacare subsidies and reverse Republican healthcare and food assistance cuts, a key Democratic lawmaker said.
即将掌管拥有税收、医疗和贸易政策管辖权的众议院强力委员会的众议员理查德·尼尔表示，他和参议院对应职位的议员已经协调好策略，以表明“我们听到了选民的心声”。这第一轮生活成本立法将团结一个在温和派和进步派之间存在分歧的党派：温和派希望集中精力解决美国民众最迫切的经济问题，而进步派则寻求大幅扩大社会安全网。
Representative Richard Neal, who is set to lead the powerful House committee with jurisdiction over tax, health and trade policy, said he and his Senate counterpart already have a coordinated the strategy to show “we heard what voters had to say.”The initial salvo of cost-of-living legislation would unite a party that is divided between moderates who want to stay focused on Americans’ most pressing economic concerns and progressives who seek a far-reaching expansion of the safety net.
即将出任众议院筹款委员会主席的尼尔表示，他也看到在其中一些问题上吸引共和党议员合作的潜力，这对于克服参议院大多数法案所需的60票门槛以及总统的否决权至关重要。
Neal, the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he also sees the potential to attract Republican lawmakers on some of those issues, which would be critical for overcoming the 60-vote threshold for most measures in the Senate, as well as the president’s veto.
尼尔指出，冲击农村医院的医疗补助削减和特朗普的关税，是共和党可能愿意与其党合作的领域。
Neal pointed to the Medicaid cuts that have hit rural hospitals and Trump’s tariffs as areas where Republicans may be willing to work with his party.
一些民主党人及与该党关系密切的人士呼吁推出一项早期的党派预算法案，这将使他们无需依赖共和党在参议院的支持，即可通过进步派的优先议程。
Some Democrats and those aligned with the party have called for an early party-line budget bill that would allow them to pass progressive priorities without relying on GOP support in the Senate.
尼尔表示，他不反对这种法案，但此类法案必须遵守参议院规则，坚守狭窄的参数范围。民主党应首先尝试寻找能说服共和党合作的领域。
Neal said he’s not opposed to such a bill, which must stick to narrow parameters to comply with Senate rules. But Democrats should first try to find areas where Republicans could be persuaded to work with them.
尼尔谈及党派法案时说：“那应该是对话的一部分，但不应是对话的第一部分。”民主党进步派重要成员、众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔表示，她支持迅速扭转共和党对社会安全网的削减。
“That should be part of the conversation,” Neal said of a party-line bill. “But that shouldn’t be the first part of the conversation.”Representative Pramila Jayapal, a prominent member of the party’s progressive wing, said she backs a quick reversal of Republicans’ social safety net cuts.
“这一点当下很重要，但我们不能止步于此，”她说。“如果我们不能以一种让人们早上醒来就能感受到变化的方式，快速为人们兑现承诺，我认为这将成为我们在2028年获胜的一个问题。”贾亚帕尔正在推动委员会就“全民医保”法案进行表决，该法案将把面向老年人的联邦医疗保险计划扩大到所有美国人。但她表示，也会支持降低该计划的参保年龄，增加视力和牙科保障，并在过渡期间将医保覆盖范围延伸至儿童。
“That’s important right away, but we can’t stop there,” she said. “If we can’t deliver quickly for people in a way that they wake up in the morning and they feel the difference, I think that is going to be a problem for us winning in 2028.”Jayapal is pushing for committee votes on Medicare For All, which would expand the federal health insurance program for the elderly to all Americans. But she said would also support lowering the eligibility age for the program, adding vision and dental and extending Medicare to children in the interim.
“那将是迈向全民医疗保健的巨大一步，我认为当我们拥有一位入主白宫的总统时，这会给我们带来很大动力，”她说。
“That would be a huge step forward toward universal healthcare and I think would give us a lot of momentum for when we have a president in the White House,” she said.